New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-06
FORTY LIVES REPORTED LOST
PRISONED AND BURNED IN 4 TRAIN.

FhISONED AND BURNED IN A TRAIN.
THE CARS PLUNGE FROM BRIDGE AND
ARE WRECKED ON THE ICE.
CALAMITY ON THE VERMONT CENTRAL RAILROAD
REscUERs DRIVEN BACK BY FLAMEs-rHE
| ACCIDENT DUE TO BROKEN RAIL-
| PROBABLY NUMBER OF KILLED
| AND WOUNDED
BOSTON, Feb. 5.-The place known as Woodstock
Bridge where the Vermont Central Railroad
crosses the White River in Vermont. was
the scene this morning Of a disaster in
which at least forty persons lost their lives and
fully thirty other persons injured less
severely. Ara broken it is thought by the intense
cold which. in the space Of three hours, increased
| from temperature of 20 below zero to one of
$50 below, caused two passenger coaches and
two sleeping-cars of the Montreal express train
to leave the rails Mt the approach to the bridge
The coupling with the forward part of
the train gave way. The four cars fell
upon the ice which covered the river at the bottom
of rocky gorge fifty feet IN depth. The bridge,
Which was Of wood, gave way and its timbers
were burned by the flames which
destroyed the cars. Both the passenger coaches
in one OF the sleeping cars and
nine the OF er 1t is estimated
that the number of lives endangered in the
accident was at least eighty OF these
not more than ten escaped unhurt. Many
of the passengers were on the way to Montreal to
\. L. Xlo,r
lives were burned to death.
At late hour tonight it was stated that thirty
nine bodies in all had been taken out
of tho wreck. Only five Of this num-
Der are in auy manner recognizable. 1t
will be impossible to tell how many were on the
train, as the conductor had only begun taking
up tickets after leaving here 1t is thought that
many bodies may have gono into the river and
under the ice.
The list of the killed and wounded so far lelrned
is as follows:
BRorrLEBASK, James, West Lebanon.
BURGESS, -, conductor OF the Pullman cars
BANGS. Edward. brakeman, OF West Lebanon. N. H.
DILLON. L. f. Of Dartmouth College
Hm,RD Charles A. OF Boston nothing found that could
be identified save his coat
MILLS Cephas OF Iroquos, Ont
SANFORD Charles Boston, supposed to have been burned
20 a. 10 he unrecognlzable A blue coat was found
containing letter addressed TO him.
wEssos, T. L., OF springfield, Mass.
wEscoTT. S. l., OF Burlington, Vt.
WOUNDED
Borcrrorrr- Worcester Mass with his WIFE sister aud
BoIsERET, o., Angelina, Que. internally Inur ed.
Dryden Mrs. W. d., Montr cal. contusions back
CoMnREMoNr. l., a Swiss, New-York. hips and back
bruised.
C,srSER. Mrs Charles Boston, contusons on the BACK
and limbs.
GENET George Syracuse, n. Y, head cut and back
wounded.
GRAHAM. Mrs JomS, Modfori Mass, ankle .prained and
spine injured
HuIcaIsso., } C.. Montgomery. Vt. backbone injured
UosMIR. C. NJ. Lowell. Mass legs and body bruised
JursAu. Horace East Pcpperel, Mass face, back and
legs bruised
JACQuEs Joseph Ftchburg, Mass, confusion over eye
ana hips aud legs bruised.
KAN, Katy. Boston. severe scalp wound
KuEY JAMES, Burke, n y, left arm broken and head
bruised.
L,clu1oDr. Mitchell Lawrence Mass injured about
head. chest aud back
MURPHY Anna, No 1lG Princost, Boston, right check
badly cut aud back bruised
Morn, Henry. Alburgh, VI, injured internally.
M,IGuEr, CLOVIS Holyokc, Mass, wounded on the body
PErPERELI, L., Massachusetts,, badly hurt.
PRATT f. W.. Springfield. Mass, right foot injured some
what frostbittcn
PouLEr Moses. quebec, right leg broken and wounded
about the head
sTrRrEvANT Smith, conductor ynt side OF body burned
from head 10 feet and head severely bruised cannot
live
TEwKsnURY, Henry Randolph, Vt, left leg and arm
broken.
wrscu. Margaret. residence unknown, badly cut and
bruised. bat may
WHEELED Andrew. Fchburg, Mass, cut over his eyes
and face burned.
WILDER, -. Ohio said 10 be the name OF one of the
persons burned TO death.
The following persons were slightly injured
Fred A. Fisher and Howard F. Smith, of Gouces-
ter, Mass: Miss Marie Sadier, Ormstown, Que;
Polly Arie Chicopee, Mass; Herbert Gushing,
Middcboro Mass; Andrew A. Wheeler Fitch
burg. Mass; George Low. of Montreal; and George
Parker, a brakeman of st. Adams, VI. These are
ali safe SO far as known On the ice below the
bridge site twenty-six chnrred and unrecog-
nizable bodies. Many were doubtless burned to
ashes